Water for Elephants

Jacob takes a job as an animal caretaker in a traveling circus. There he meets Marlena, a beautiful circus performer. Their shared compassion for a special elephant Rosie leads to love, but Marlena's cruel husband stands in their way.

Summary Details
Distributor20th Century Fox International
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Opening$688,897
300 theaters
Budget$38,000,000
Release DateApr 29, 2011
MPAAPG-13
Running Time2 hr 2 min
GenresDrama Romance
In Release247 days/35 weeks
Widest Release300 theaters
DateRankWeekend %± LW TheatersChange AvgTo DateWeekend
Apr 29-May 14$688,897-300-$2,296$688,8971
May 6-84$498,791-27.6%273-27$1,827$1,593,4902
May 13-156$366,753-26.5%193-80$1,900$2,310,1753
May 20-226$211,054-42.5%157-36$1,344$2,732,6194
May 27-296$155,974-26.1%147-10$1,061$3,013,3765
Jun 3-59$61,980-60.3%61-86$1,016$3,133,4236
Jun 10-1210$39,574-36.2%41-20$965$3,214,4897
Jun 17-1911$34,481-12.9%45+4$766$3,277,1378
Jun 24-2614$19,711-42.8%20-25$985$3,323,7799